Through its education and commemoration programs, the Council strives to help prevent atrocities similar to the systematic program of mass murder by the Nazis of six million Jews and other targeted groups, including Roma (gypsies), homosexuals, handicapped persons, and religious and political dissidents, from 1933 to 1945.
The Holocaust Council also provides:
—Historical information regarding the Holocaust and antisemitism to public school students and teachers
—Lesson plans and teaching strategies for teachers on how to teach the history of antisemitism and the Holocaust.